HARARE – Attempts by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to introduce an electronic register of voters is illegal, analysts have said, with Zec urged to drop the plans even after acquiring the technology, raising fresh fears of election fraud. Presidential and parliamentary elections in 2018 follow a disputed poll in 2013, and will also be the…
HARARE – There seems to be trouble in the paradise of Remnant Church cleric Patrick Philip Mugadza and his wife Thelma Masaka amid reports that they have been arguing a lot following his incarceration for predicting that President Robert Mugabe would die in October this year. The Daily News on Sunday can reveal that there…
HARARE – The Home Affairs ministry insists it is committed to the decision to limit roadblocks to 40 countrywide, but opposition and rights campaigners said the pronouncement was a half-hearted first step. Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told senators on Thursday that they are going to implement the policy, first pronounced by his boss,…
HARARE – The national death toll from cancer is rising sharply, forcing authorities to scale up cancer screening in both healthy and high-risk populations in order to tame the scourge. Latest statistics from the Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry indicate that a total of 7 018 new cancer cases were recorded in 2014, these comprised 2…
HARARE – Late liberation stalwart and veteran musician, Dickson “Cde Chinx” Chingaira, became a victim of Zanu PF’s internecine succession struggles after the party denied him the coveted national hero status on account of having been sympathetic to expelled former vice president Joice Mujuru, the Daily News On Sunday can reveal. Cde Chinx who died…
HARARE – The Health and Child Care ministry is facing legal action over $70 million it owes to creditors, ramping up pressure on the indebted ministry whose finances are coming under intense scrutiny. Auditor-General Mildred Chiri urged government to rescue the stuttering ministry but the measure was in danger of sputtering out and dying because…
HARARE – Women legislators across the political divide are demanding that the male-dominated Parliament approve a bill giving women a stronger political voice in this patriarchal country. The women are pushing for amendments to the Electoral Act so that it provides for half of the seats in National Assembly and Senate to be reserved for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe expects tourist arrivals to increase in 2017 to 2,2 million, Parliament’s Budget Office has said, helping the recovery of a fragile economy as the country enjoys a third straight record year for tourism boom. Tourism is an important component of the Zimbabwean economy and a key source of hard currency for the…
BULAWAYO – Government has strained Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s public finances and undermined an already ailing municipality after a $46 million debt write-off for ratepayers and moves to do something similar ahead of next year’s general elections. Ahead of the 2013 election that gave President Robert Mugabe election triumph, government provided 100 percent debt relief…
HARARE – The burial of the late liberation stalwart and musician Dick “Cde Chinx” Chingaira in Harare yesterday was most notable for the absence of senior Zanu PF and government officials. The 61-year-old Cde Chinx — who died in Harare last Friday after battling cancer — was interred at the Glen Forest Memorial Park. His…
